S1 Pupils enjoyed Hallowe’en activities at lunchtime today as part of their Buddies lunchtime club with the senior pupils. As well as carving pumpkins, they had the opportunity to dook for marshmallows! Everyone had a great time.
Meantime, in the library, we took part in a spooky Hallowe’en quiz prepared by S1 pupil, Felix. Everyone got most of the answers correct, including a very detailed description of the location of Transylvania by Jamie! Incidentally, Mary Berry did not write Frankenstein (although that might be a fun book to read – Frankencake?) We won’t name and shame who gave that answer! (The author was of course Mary Shelley.)
Pupils from the Higher and Advanced Higher English classes visited the Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square in Edinburgh on 26th August.
The first session the pupils attended was a Creative Writing Workshop on writing crime novels with Matt Wesolowski. Matt started by asking the pupils to play a consequences game which they then crafted into some great crime stories!
After getting a chance to bask in the glorious sunshine, and browse the massive book store, pupils then enjoyed a talk by Mel Darbon, author of Rosie Loves Jack, and David Owen, author of All the Lonely People, who talked about the importance of creating empathy with their characters.
